Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17936, John Fyler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
or Tyler, John Tyler, Ruth
W. 17936
CONTENTS

2292
Connecticut
Ruth Hyler
widow of John Hyler
who was a Private
Conn. Line Artillery in the Conn. Militia
for 6 months
Paid Oct 20
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Oct 1843 and sent to
J. B. Goldsmith Guilford Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 47

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss Guilford
On this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1842. personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in said New Haven County Mrs. Ruth Dyer a resident of said Guilford aged Eighty years the 23 d day of January A.D. 1842 who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of John Dyer who was a private in the army of the Revolution that in the year 1776 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Stephen Hall then of Guilford, that he was then sixteen years old & belonged to Guilford, that he went northward to the place of rendezvous at Pittsfield Mass where the said Company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Swift, I remember well that my brother Jared Dudley was out with said John Dyer - I remember meeting with the girls of our vicinity and making sixteen military frocks for those who enlisted into said

company, My husband the said John Tyler went on from Pittsfield to Skeneboro' and was sick and lay in the Hospital a long time at that place, I remember Mr Thomas Atkins went up after them with a horse & brought my husband home after he got through with the service at Skeneboro' he was out six months in this service - from the 1 st of June to December 1778
The next year he was out at New London and across to Long Island several months the particulars of which I cannot recollect and also several other times in short terms of service - In proof of this service I have the deposition of Sarah Dudley her to annexed,
The said John Tyler and myself were married the 6 th of March A.D. 1783 by the Rev Mr Bray who was then the Congregational Clergyman of North Guilford and the said John Tyler died the 18 th day of November 1810 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof her to annexed - that she resides in Guilford where she was born & where she has lived most of her life - that she claims a pension for said service - which according

to the best of her recollection from old age and loss of memory is not less than the full term of six months - That she has no pension - nor has she or her husband ever received one for said service -
Sworn to & subscribed on the 18 th day of February A.D. 1842. Deborah Dyer
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Joel Tuttle Judge of Probate for the District of Guilford
State of Connecticut
New Haven County
Guilford Probate Court
I Ralph D. Smith Clerk of the said Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joel Tuttle Esquire is Judge of the said Court of Probate duly commissioned and sworn and that his commission was dated the 31 st day of May 1841 & will expire on the 20 th day of June 1842. and that his signature above written is genuine -
Given under my hand and seal of said court of Probate this 21 st day of February A.D.
1842
Ralph D Smith Clerk -

I Jared Dudley of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut of the age of eighty five years having been duly cautioned and sworn do depose and say, that in the last part of May A.D. 1775 I enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Stephen Hall of Guilford in Col Heman Swifts regiment and on the first day of June we left Guilford & went on to Pittsfield in Massachusetts our place of rendezvous, where our company came together John Fyles, Abel Norton, and others of Guilford amounting in all to the number of seventeen were out in said Hall's company, there were two regiments out Col Swifts and Col Motts, we went on to Skeneborough now Whitehall. We were there until October of the P year when we went on to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence, we were out six months and returned in December of that year. I well remember that the said John Fyles & Abel Norton were out with us all that time and did not return until the expiration of the six months, I was a neighbor and well acquainted with both Mr John Fyles & Abel Norton and know full well that they lived all their lives in this vicinity & died here, or rather I believe Mr Fyles removed to Plymouth in this State just before he died. I know well Mrs Ruth Fyles who now applies for a pension & knows

tho' she is the widow of said John Tyler who was out with me in said service. The said John Tyler and Abel Norton were both sick after they got to Skeneborough & I left them in the hospital when I went on to Fort Independence - but I know when they came home which was not 'till the completion of the full six months service -
And further the deponent saith not.
Gilford Feb 18 th 1842.
Jared Dudley
At a Court of Probate held at Gilford within & for the District of Gilford in the County of Franklin & State of Connecticut on the 18 th day of February AD 1842
present Joel Smith Esq. Judge of said Court For it remembered that on the 18 th day of February 1842 personally appeared Jared Dudley, who has signed the foregoing deposition before said Court and in court made solemn oath to the truth of the same - and this Court certifies that the said Jared Dudley is well known to this Court as a man of truth & veracity, and is reported to be a revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States Attest,
Ralph D. Smith Clerk of said Court,

I Abel Rofiter of the town of Guilford in the County of Franklin and State of Connecticut aged seventy one years having herein this contained and sworn to depose & say that I have always lived in the north parish of the Guilford and was well acquainted with John Tyler formerly of the Guilford now deceased and am and always have been well acquainted with his widow Ruth Tyler his widow who now applies for a pension and I always considered the said John Tyler as a Revolutionary soldier and he was so considered in the neighborhood where he lived & that he died about 30 years since, and that his widow the said Ruth Tyler above named has since lived mostly in my neighborhood & I know that she has not since married nor is she now married - and further the deponent saith not -
Guilford February 21 st 1842 Abel Rofiter
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Guilford At a Court of Probate held at Guilford within & for the District of Guilford on the 18 th day of February 1842
Present Joel Tuttle Esq r Judge of the Court, Be it remembered, that before said Court personally appeared Abel Rofiter of the north parish of

of said Guilford and well known to this Court as a man of truth and veracity and one of the principal men of the town and subscribed the foregoing deposition before this Court and made oath to the truth of the same
Test,
Ralph D. Smith Clerk of the Court
I David Baldwin Rector of St Johns Parish in Guilford having been duly cautioned & sworn do depose & say that I have been Rector of the Parish for thirty four years past that I am well acquainted with Mrs Ruth Tyler the widow of John Tyler formerly of the Guilford dep. who now applies for a pension in the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford that the John Tyler was reputed to be a revolution- ary soldier in the parish & that his widow has not since married since his decease and remains his widow — & further deponent saith not. Guilford Feb 21 st 1842
David Baldwin
State of Connecticut New Haven County, Guilford At a Court of Probate for the District of Guilford held at Guilford in the district on the 21 st day of February AD 1842
Present,
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Isaac Tuttle Esquire. Judge of Probate Court Be it remembered that on the said 21 st day of February A.D. 1842 personally appeared the Reverend David Baldwin Rector of St Johns Parish (the North Parish) of Guilford well known to this Court & made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition signed by him before this Court according to law -
Test, Ralph D. Smith Clerk of Probate Court
"Records of Births Marriages & Deaths in the Town of Guilford" - [In the town Clerks office of Guilford]
"John Fyler & Ruth Dudley both of Guilford were Joined in Marriage by Mr Thomas W. Bray Minister of Gospel Sixth One Thousand a seven Hundred & eighty-three -
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "March 6 th 1783." -
Test Isaac Tuttle Town Clerk
"John Fyler died November eighteenth one Thousand a Eight Hundred & ten "aged" fifty two "years." -
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Record with the exception of the date & age which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows -
"John Fyler died November 18 th 1810. aged 52 years"
Test, Isaac Tuttle Town Clerk

I Joel Tuttle above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and that foregoing I above are true extracts from the records of said Guilford with the exceptions above named as certified by me Joel Tuttle Town Clerk
State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss Probate for the District of Guilford held at Guilford in sd District & County this 21 st day of February A.D. 1842
Personally appeared before me Ralph D Smith Clerk of sd Court & by law authorized to administer oaths & make affidavits Joel Tuttle Esqr Town Clerk of sd Guilford and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, before me In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate of said District of Guilford, on the day & year last aforesaid —
Ralph D Smith Clerk of sd Court

Application has been made to the Comptroller's office at Hartford Conn. in expectation of finding record evidence of this service & from the return of the Comptroller's return annexed to the application of Abiel Norton which accompanies this it appears that the pay roll of Capt Stephen Hall's Company is not in that office - However it appears from the pay table book that Capt Stephen Hall was in Col. Smith's regiment that year.
Test R.D. Smith Clerk of Probate Court And the said Court of Probate for the district of Guilford do hereby declare their opinion after due investigation of the matter that the above named John Fyler was a revolutionary Soldier as is stated in the foregoing declaration and that he died as herein stated and that the applicant Mrs. Ruth Fyler is his widow and has ever since remained unmarried.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this 21 st day of February A.D. 1842.
(The words John & Soldier were attested before signing)
Ralph D. Smith Clerk of Probate Court

I Ralph D Smith Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ruth Tylers for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court of Probate this 21 st day of February A.D. 1842 R D Smith Clerk of said Court of Probate
Witness my hand
Ruth Tyler
The foregoing is a true copy of the original H. C. Boardman
House Rep on 25 th Feb. 1842 I am personally ac- quainted with R. D. Smith Esq. a member of the bar of this Harn County Court whose signature appears above, and with his handwriting, — I believe that signature genuine, and that I should implicitly believe any statement made by him — Wm. H. Boardman M.C.

JOHN FYLER.
This soldier was not pensioned having died in the year 1810. His widow, Ruth Dudley (maiden name), was allowed a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War. Following is her statement relative to his services:
That she is the widow of John Fyler, who was a private in the army of the Revolution. That in the year 1775 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Stephen Hall, then of Guilford; that he was then 18 years old and belonged to said Guilford; that he went Northward to the place of rendezvous at Pittsfield, Mass., where the company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Swift. I remember well that my brother Jared Dudley was out with said John Fyler. I remember meeting with the girls of our vicinity and making sixteen military frocks for those who enlisted in said company. My husband the said John Fyler went on from Pittsfield to 'Skenesboro' and was sick and lay in the hospital a long time at that place. I remember Mr. Thomas Atkins went up after them with a horse and brought my husband home, after he had got through with the service at 'Skenesboro'. He was out six months in this service-- from the first of June to December 1775.
The next year he was out at New London and across to Long Island several months the particulars of which I cannot recollect and also several other times in short terms of service. In proof of this service I have the deposition of Jared Dudley hereto annexed.
The said John Fyler and myself were married the 8th. of March, A.D., 1783, by the Reverend Mr. Gray who was then the Congregational clergyman of North Guilford; and the said John Fyler died on the 15th. day of November, 1810 and she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she resides in Guilford where she was born and where she has lived most of her life.

Agent notification March 3, '42
6875
Connecticut
Ruth Tyler
widow of
M c Geo. Tyler, dec d
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1810 of Guilford, in the State of Connecticut, who was a private in the Conn h , commanded by Captain Hall of the 1 st Regt. commanded by Col. Swift in the Conn t line for Militia for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars per per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of March 1842 and sent to Hon. W. W. Beardman, H. Rep s
Arrears to the 4 th of March '41 $100.00 Pension annual allowance ending
$106.00 { Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by Theo. Shively Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2 Page 180

2260
July 3 rd 1843
Ct
Mar 3 rd 1843
Ruth Tyler
The whole proceedings held before Court of Assizes
James Deane Esq
Commissioner of Assizes
Washington Esq
J. P.

J L Edwards Esq
In all Communications respecting the pensions of Ruth Fyler Ruth Fowler Chloe Hotchkiss Mabel Miys Mary West Hannah Chittenden Maria Baldwin Lydia Whedon Eunice Russell Sarah Harrison & Lucy Robinson please direct to Geo L. Sallens Esq Judge of Probate Guildford distt Guildford Ct
Very Respectfully
A B Goldsmith
Guildford July 1 st 1843

Ruth Fyles ✓ M id of In o Conn ct Guilford co Ad July 7. 1828 Married 1783 died 1810
Allow Genl. Capt Hall. Col Staff Conn Militia $20. per ann
Hon Wm Boardman H o Rep t

M o Fyler a 1810.
Ruth Fyler m 1783 s
76. Hall Smith
Sara Dudley m h a c N o 22 876 Abel Ropkin ..

apt. nav.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
1893-Feb. 60, Hist to b Filer, Chief O.M.M. Pen. Bu F.S.
File No. 17986
Ruth Tyler Widow of John Tyler Pr. New Mar.
Act: March 89 28
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 260
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2360 Declaration of Ruth Fyler
2360 Ruth Fyler
$20 per ann
A. B. Goldsmith Guilford Connecticut

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to certain widows who have received Pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } ss Guilford
On this 30 th day of June 1843 Personally appeared before me George Landon Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford Ruth Tyler a resident of Guilford in said County of New Haven Aged Eighty One (81) years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war. She is the widow of John Tyler who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and died on the
That she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 and received twenty Dollars per Annum for the term of five years and at the close of that time her pension certificate was duly returned to the agent for paying pensions at Hartford in Connecticut. That the proofs of her late Husband's service and all her documents are at Washington and to them she begs leave respectfully to refer the commissioner of Pensions for evidence of the justice of her claim. And she further declares that she is still a widow. Witness George Landon Ruth Tyler Mark Simeon Chittenden
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me George Landon Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven } ss Guilford
I hereby certify that Ruth Fyler who hath made the foregoing declaration is well known to me as a person of truth and veracity a credible person and of good reputation In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 30 th day of June 1843
George Landon Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } District of Guilford ss Probate Court
I Abah B Goldsmith Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Guilford and Keeper of the Seal thereof do certify that George Sandon who hath authenti- cated the within declaration of Ruth Tyler is the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford and his commission will expire on the 20 th day of June 1844 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of this Court on this 30 th day of June 1843
Abah B Goldsmith Clerk of the Probate Court District of Guilford